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From Pacific Magazine
Tuesday: July 18, 2006
(Tahitipresse) - Radio New Zealand
International (RNZI) will launch a weekday 30-minute programme exchange with the
BBC Pacific service starting Monday, Pacific Media Watch reports.
At 2030 NZ time (0830 UTC), the BBC's
Pacific Service will relay a bulletin of Pacific regional news and RNZI's
Pacific current affairs programme Dateline Pacific, which draws on the work of
RNZI's staff and on stories filed by Pacific journalists from around the
region.
In exchange, at 1 pm NZ time weekdays (0100
UTC) RNZI will be broadcasting a BBC World news bulletin, followed by detailed
BBC correspondents' reports on the latest global news and a round-up of the
latest in international Sport.
RNZI manager Linden Clark says she is
delighted with the launch.
"This will allow us to get more listeners
for our flagship current affairs programme across the Pacific. It's also
recognition of the relevance of the Dateline Pacific programme which is already
relayed by Radio Australia around the region."
The RNZI programme will be on the BBC's
Pacific network of FM relays and satellite services.
RNZI's short-wave broadcasts cover the area
from Papua New Guinea in the west across to French Polynesia in the east and all
the countries in between.
A new digital (DRM) short-wave service is
just now being launched across the Pacific region with partner relaying stations
in Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga and Niue all now
equipped with digital software receivers.
Art
Folsom, CA
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